Chickenpox, or varicella, can also cause viral meningitis. We have a strong vaccine for that, too. But Kennedy has claimed that this vaccine increases the risk of shingles – it does not – while his ...

Meningitis causes inflammation of the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord. The World Health Organization (WHO) says ...

British model and TV personality Lisa Snowdon shared the first signs of viral meningitis, which she initially chalked up to ...

Five-year-old Jude Platts from Liverpool died 24 hours after being diagnosed with meningitis.

The Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) under Mizoram’s Health & Family Welfare Department on Monday urged residents not to panic over reports of a suspected outbreak of meningococcal ...

Meghalaya has issued a health advisory after suspected meningococcal cases at an Army training facility. Meningococcal disease is a fast-spreading bacterial infection that can cause meningitis or ...

Meghalaya steps up surveillance and prophylaxis after suspected meningococcal deaths in a Shillong training centre; contacts monitored and public advised precautions.

The family of Jude Platts is raising money for a memorial to honor the “special little boy” after he died suddenly from a ...

A five-year-old boy whose family thought he just had a “stomach bug” died 24 hours after being diagnosed with meningitis.

A five-year-old boy sadly passed away after his symptoms were thought to have been a ‘stomach bug’ but turned out to be a deadly condition. Jude Platts died shortly after being diagnosed with an ...

The defence ministry’s public relations office in Shillong said precautionary and containment measures were immediately put in place ...

Health officials say that students and staff at Broomfield High School may have been exposed to measles last Friday and this Monday.